Tag Archive: Congressional Research Service

JCP directs enhanced access to 3 of “our nation’s vital legislative and legal documents”

by Daniel Schuman Feb 14, 2011 1:00 pm

I’m rather late in sharing the news, but “enhanced access” to three of “our nation’s vital legislative and legal documents”... View Article

Keeping Congress Competent: Staff Pay, Turnover, And What It Means for Democracy

by Daniel Schuman Dec 21, 2010 10:10 am

Incoming Speaker Boehner recently vowed to tighten the House of Representative’s collective belt through a 5 percent budget reduction. Congressional... View Article

Foreign Transparency Policies the US Government Could Learn From

by Ellen Miller Nov 24, 2010 9:00 am

The White House blog recently wrote about Obama’s trip to India and mentioned that US-based organizations could learn from Indian... View Article

20+ Orgs Ask For Better Access to the “Constitution Annotated”

by Daniel Schuman Sep 17, 2010 10:23 am

Today, on the birthday of the Constitution, more than 20 organizations and individuals called for better public access to the... View Article

A Closer Look at CRS’s Recent Report “Lobbying and the Executive Branch”

by Daniel Schuman Dec 4, 2009 1:31 pm

The Congressional Research Service just released a report entitled “Lobbying and the Executive Branch: Current Practices and Options for Change.”... View Article

CRS On Making the Constitution Annotated Available in XML

by Daniel Schuman Sep 21, 2009 12:32 pm

Last week, the Sunlight Foundation urged the Government Printing Office to publish the legal treatise Constitution Annotated (a.k.a. CONAN) online... View Article

This Week In Transparency – May 29, 2009

by Mike Smith May 29, 2009 12:49 pm

Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions on Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this past... View Article

Weekly Media Roundup – May 15, 2009

by Mike Smith May 15, 2009 12:35 pm

Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article

S. Res. 118 – Free CRS Reports

by Ellen Miller Apr 30, 2009 4:59 pm

Once again, Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) has introduced a resolution in the Senate to put non-confidential Congressional Research Service (CRS)... View Article

New Bill to Make CRS Reports Widely Available

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 30, 2009 4:17 pm

Yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced a resolution (S. Res. 118), with a bipartisan cast of cosponsors, to allow for the... View Article